Viola Davis won an Oscar for her role in Fences in 2017, and followed that up by becoming just the 18th person to win an EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony) in 2023. In between, she wrote a memoir, Finding Me, which the Iron Book Discussion Group will read in April.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you.
Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.
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Copies of Finding Me can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor, and it’s available digitally as an ebook (through Hoopla or Overdrive/Libby) and an audiobook (through Hoopla or Overdrive/Libby).
An in-person discussion of Finding Me will be held at the library on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
And an online discussion of the book will be held via Zoom on April 11, at 3:00 PM. If you’d like to attend the online discussion, please register through our Event Calendar. Participants will receive an email with the login information for Zoom after registering.
Published on March 14, 2024.
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